LINGUIST List 10.95

Thu Jan 21 1999

FYI: Linguistic Institute, Gender & Language

Editor for this issue: Jody Huellmantel <jodylinguistlist.org>

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1. Ling Inst, 1999 Linguistic Institute at UIUC
2. Mary Bucholtz, Gender and Language Association

************** 1999 LSA Linguistic Institute ************

**************** June 21-July 30, 1999 ***************

********** University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign *******

Classes will be offered by 80 leading linguists from all
over the world, in the areas of:

 Syntax, Semantic and Pragmatics
 Phonology and Phonetics
 Field Methods
 Historical and Indo-European Linguistics
 Psycholinguistics
 Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
 African, Japanese, Korean, Native American, Semitic, and
 South Asian Linguistics
 Computational Linguistics

For detailed information on courses, instructors, 
applications, housing,etc. 
please visit our web site (address below)

STUDENTS at all levels are encouraged to attend.
Tuition is US $1,300 for 6-weeks, or US $1,000 for
4-weeks or less. Fellowships are available from the LSA
(deadline for applications: FEB 11).

AFFILIATES can register directly through the LSA
(6-week affiliate fee is $1035 or $835 for 4-weeks or less)
For more information on Tuition and Fees please visit our 
website at http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst

We hope to see you this summer! For more information
contact us at:

1999 Linguistic Institute, Department of Linguistics,
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, 4088 FLB, 
707 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801.
e-mail linginstcogsci.uiuc.edu
http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst
tel (217) 333-1563

************* http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst *******

AN INVITATION TO A GALA (GENDER AND LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION) EVENT

It is time to acknowledge over a quarter of a century of excellent
work in gender, sexuality, and language and to ensure that this work
continues to be recognized as an essential component of language
research. The last 25 years have seen increased publication in the
field of language, gender and sexuality, the inclusion of language and
gender as a focus area at many national and international meetings,
and numerous regional and specialized conferences. The importance of
regional groups (especially the Berkeley Women and Language Group)
towards establishing language and gender as an academic field of study
cannot be overstated, and the continual regeneration of such groups is
vital to the larger fields of which language and gender studies is a
constituent part, such as anthropology, education, ethnic studies,
gender studies, linguistics, literary studies, psychology, rhetoric,
sociology, speech communication, and women's studies (as well as many
others). To complement regional and specialized conferences and to
create an accessible national network for language, gender and
sexuality researchers, we seek to form a national language and gender
organization. The working name of this organization is GALA (Gender
and Language Association).

We invite anyone interested in discussing the purpose, goals and
structure of a national language and gender organization to join in
the discussion on GALA-L, the GALA LIST. This closed, unmoderated list
was formed with the express purpose of facilitating participation and
discussion of a national language and gender group. The ultimate goal
for this discussion will be to form a mandate for the national
organization. Of course, participation on the list is not limited by
language, gender or sexual preference(s), one's major field of
interest in language, or relationship to academia. Graduate students
and scholars beyond academia, including independent scholars, are
especially encouraged to participate.

To subscribe to GALA-L, send e-mail to LISTSERVLISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
with the following in the body of the message:

subscribe GALA-L Firstname Lastname

where "Firstname Fastname" are your own first name and last name. Or you
may subscribe via the web at:

http://linguistlist.org/subscribing/sub-gala-l.html

You will receive information on how to post and on the guidelines for our
discussion. If you have questions about GALA-L, contact one of the
listowners:

Mary Bucholtz, Department of English, Texas A&M University (bucholtztamu.edu)
Sara Trechter, Department of English, California State University, Chico
(strechtercsuchico.edu)

If you have questions about GALA itself, contact one of the facilitators:
Mary Bucholtz, Department of English, Texas A&M University (bucholtztamu.edu)
Justine Cassell, Media Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(justinemedia.mit.edu)
Megan Crowhurst, Department of Linguistics, University of North Carolina
(mjcrowhuemail.unc.edu)
Kira Hall, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
(kirahallpantheon.yale.edu)
Monica Macaulay, Department of Linguistics, University of Wisconsin
(mmacaulafacstaff.wisc.edu)
Sara Trechter, Department of English, California State University, Chico
(strechtercsuchico.edu)